Button



(No Model.)

- L. SIEVERT.

BUTTON.

N0.39'7,030. I Patented Jan. 29, 1889 N. PETERS. FhalO-Lilbographur.Walhingifln, D C

drawings, A designates UNITED STATES LOUIS SIEVERT, OF ST. LOUIS,MISSOURI.

BUTTON.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 397,030, dated January29, 1889.

Application filed November 8 1888.

$erial No. 290,266. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, LOUIS SIE'VERT, a citizen of the United States,residing at St. Louis, in the State of Missouri, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Cuff an d Collar Buttons; and I do herebydeclare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of theinvention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which itappertains to make and use the same.

My invention relates to improvements which are applicable to cuff andcollar buttons; and it consists in a separable or sectional button whichis constructed as will be fully understood from the followingdescription and claim, taken in connection wit-h the an nexed drawings,in which Figure 1 represents an enlarged rear perspective view of theimproved button complete. Fig. 2 is an enlarged diametrioal sectionthrough the button, showing in dotted lines the smallest disk adjustedfor entering through a button-hole. Fig. 3 is a diametrical sectionthrough the device in the plane indicated by dotted lines on Fig. a,which. is a plan view of the device, showing the latches and the guidestherefor. Fig. 5 is a perspective view of the detachable disk of thebutton. Fig. 6 is a perspective view of a modification of my invention.Figs. 7 and 8 are detail views of my improved cuff and collar button.

Referring by letter to the accompanying the button head proper, which ispreferably constructed circular and with an annular flange, a. The faceof this but-ton may be ornamented in any suitable manner. The flange (Lis notched or perforated, and through these perforations catches b I)pass freely, so that their ends protrude slightly beyond the perimeterof the flange a. hese catches are arranged diametrically across the backof the button A on opposite sides of the neck or shank B, which latteris tubular and may be round orsquare, as shown in the annexed drawings,for a purpose hereinafter explained. Each catch 1) consists of abentwire, the body of which passes freely through a lug, 0, fast on the backof the button. The inner end of each catch is curved around the hollowshank B and enters a sliding latch, (1, which is guided by a lug, c, andthe shank B, through which latter this latch passes, as shown in Figs.2, 4, and 7 of the drawings. It will be observed that the outer end ofeach latch is acted on by a light spring, 6, which presses the latchforward toward the center of the shank, and at the same time pressesoutwardly its respective catch.

The inner ends of the two latches d cl are preferably beveled like thenose of a common door-latch for the purpose of readily effecting anengagement of the two parts of the button when they are pressedtogether. 5

C designates the inner section. of the button, which is composed of abutton-head disk, h, an entering tongue, i, and spring-retainersjj, towhich this tongue is pivoted. These retainers are designed by theirelasticity to draw the stem or tongue t' against the head It and holdthe disk in a vertical or horizontal position, and when in the latterposition prevent accidental displacement of the button from the cuff,and when in the former positi on, as shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings indotted lines, the head can be readily inserted or withdrawn from thelnitton-holes in the cuff. The lower end of the tongue has a flat heador point, a; B,\Vlil0l1 rests squarely on the disk, the springs jdrawing the stem thereto.

The button-head disk It is centrally perforated at 75, and through theseperforations the angular inner ends, Z Z, of the spring-retainers passand are received in the notched or bifurcated end of the tongue 2', towhich latter the said ends I Z are connected by a pivot, m.

The outer ends of the two spring-retainers j are reduced and claspedover the peripho0 cry of the disk It, and the radial portions of theretainers are slightly bowed, so that they act as springs for holdingthe squared end of the tongue i in the positions shown in Fig. 3.

The inner or entering end of the tongue 1' is notched to form engagingshoulders 01, which are adapted to engage with the beveled inner ends ofthe two latches d (l, and thus to unite the two detachable portions ofthe button. 10 It is obvious that instead of usinga square or prismatictongue, 2', as shown in Fig. 5, a

or otherwise secured 10 the h1'1tton-head disk 72, as shown in Fig. larshank 1 will be cylindrical tongue may be employed, rigidly S, in whichcase the tubunlade eylilulrical, or the inner end of the Tongue may heerol'ched, as shown in Fig. S at 1/. I

From the above description it will be seen that by simply pressinginwardly the two catches Z: Z) the Two latches will he simultaneouslymoved outwardly, thus releasing the tongue of the disk 72 andallowing-the 1 we parts of the button to he separated. Then 1 bysilnplypressingthe tongue [into the tulml lar shank B the latches will engagewith the shoulders of this tongue and unite the two i parts of thebutton. j

Having thus described my invention, what I claim, and desire lo securehyllei l'ers Patent, 1s-

The eonrhinatiou, with The button-head A and shank 1', consiruei'ed asdescribed, havin g the flat ends in .r, of the disk l1, havi mg thecentral per-Iteration, 7;, and the bowed springs jj, one end of eachsecured to the rim of the disk 7/,"and the inner bent ends, Z Z, pivotedto 2 5 the shank, as at m, substantially as described.

In iesii mony whereof I allix m y signature in presemw of Two wi Iliesses.

'[KJLTIS SIEVERT.

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